In a hilarious, insightful memoir, a man obsessed with Hemingway heads for the southern France with his accomodating and optimistic wife and their two young sons.
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Mary Littell was a journalist in the 1950s and 60s whose writings regularly appeared in magazines such as Parents and Woman's Day . She recorded her impressions of her family's year in France, and used these diary entries to produce stories about life in Mountpellier. After his mother's death, John Littell (a former publishing executive) took his mother's diary entries and short published pieces, added introductory material and family photographs, and wove it into a memoir. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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